At Newsweek, Michael Hirsh (who provides us with yet another must-read) looks at the recent re-emergence of Andrew Natsios, the former head of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) who is now a professor at Georgetown and, since just recently, a harsh critic of "the Bush administration's handling of the Iraq occupation": "In an interview with NEWSWEEK on … [Read more...] about The truth about the reconstruction of Iraq

Why all this talk about high-level personnel changes in the West Wing? Surely the magicians are just trying to change the subject, to redirect media attention away from all the bad news out there. I have more thoughts here. … [Read more...] about Karl Rove and the magicians of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

I think Rhode Island has made the right move on a faith-based abstinence program. More from The Westerly Sun:PROVIDENCE - Rhode Island education officials have banned from public schools a federally funded abstinence program that civil rights advocates said embraced sexist stereotypes and included a voluntary student health survey that violated privacy laws. Lawyers at the … [Read more...] about Abstaining From Faith-Based Sex Ed Programs

Amazingly, cops are coming INTO bars and busting people for public intoxication. I have more here. … [Read more...] about You Can’t Get Drunk In Texas?

The murdered pastor's murderous wife The WP's new "conservative" blogger Who got booted off a reality show Who didn't get married in Italy What's in celebrity hotel rooms … [Read more...] about Stuff I Don’t Give a Hoot About

At The Reaction, guest blogger Right Democrat argues that "Democrats have the opportunity now to emerge as the party of fiscal responsibility". See his full post here. And I encourage you to check out his blog of the same name, a blog for moderate and conservative Democrats. He himself is a social conservative and economic populist who supports working families and traditional … [Read more...] about The party of unlimited government

This past Sunday, I reported on the tainted presidential election in Belarus -- see here. Leading opposition candidate Alexander Milinkevich called the election "a complete farce" and demanded a re-vote. Since then, protests have continued, in the streets. President Alexander Lukashenko, an old-style authoritarian, promised to crack down on protesters. And he has. Here's an … [Read more...] about Balloting in Belarus (update)

RedState characterizes them as such:Those blogs attacking the Washington Post and Ben are so hate filled and envious, they refuse to accept Froomkin as one of their own.Hmmm....do any of you think Donklephant is hate filled and envious? Okay, I admit, I am filled with hate and envy. Damn, they got me. … [Read more...] about Ben Domenech’s Detractors Suck!

He's the Muslim who converted to Christianity and now faces the death penalty in Afghanistan. I don't like his chances. Find out why. … [Read more...] about Abdul Rahman Is Screwed

From the man on the ground...Throughout 2005, I said in writing, on the radio and television that Iraq is in a state of Civil War. It had been in that state for decades. I’d point to all the kindling heaped around the country and point to the smoke on the horizon, but most people politely dismissed the warnings. Now the fire is bigger. Listen. Listen! Iraq is in a state … [Read more...] about Michael Yon On “Civil War”

...so here's a link to a post about Desperate Housewives. … [Read more...] about We’ve Linked To Posts About Desperate Politicians

So what's the big deal? What's wrong with this? It's about helping people. How can anyone raise an eyebrow because of this story:Former first lady Barbara Bush donated an undisclosed amount of money to the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund with specific instructions that the money be spent with an educational software company owned by her son Neil. Since then, the Ignite Learning … [Read more...] about Barbara Bush’s Katrina Donation Earmarked For Son’s Company

An issue related to the Dubai ports controversy suggests the issue of port security may still be alive as a controversy after all:In the aftermath of the Dubai ports dispute, the Bush administration is hiring a Hong Kong conglomerate to help detect nuclear materials inside cargo passing through the Bahamas to the United States and elsewhere. The administration acknowledges the … [Read more...] about U.S. Is Hiring Hong Kong Company To Do Nuke Scans

How can you get yourself fired from your new radio station job in two weeks? Here's a textbook example, in case you're interested:A St. Louis radio station quickly fired a talk show host for uttering a racial epithet as he talked about Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on his morning show Wednesday. Dave Lenihan apologized on the air immediately after making what he said was … [Read more...] about Radio Host Fired For Calling Rice A Racial Epithet

Do you want to do something to make the world better? You can — and it doesn't take all that much. The Save Darfur Coalition has launched a Million Voices for Darfur campaign to get one million people to send postcards to President Bush asking him to support a stronger multi-national force to protect the civilians of Darfur. CLICK HERE and see how easy it is for you to … [Read more...] about Don’t Forget The Tragedy And OUTRAGE Of Darfur

Haha, now this is funny. Rock musicians have these things called "riders." They're basically lists of thing that the performer wants in their dressing rooms, be it food, liquor, certain types of furniture, etc. Well, Cheney has a "rider" and one of the demands is that any television in his room(s) should already be tuned to FOX News. Read the whole thing at The Smoking Gun. … [Read more...] about Cheney’s Hotel Suite Demands

Will Slaten wrote a good piece about this issue today, and how it's neither comparable to gay marriage nor a comfortable marital state. However, will we face the polygamy issue again in the future? I think yes. See why. … [Read more...] about Slate On Polygamy

We always praise weblogs that do ORIGINAL reporting and try to feature some of them prominently here so readers can check out the NEW information presented in some of these weblogs (most blog posts including on this one are basically extended op-ed pieces versus original reporting). A MUST READ can be found HERE today via The Talking Dog which has an interview with Andrew … [Read more...] about Original Blog Interview: Q &A With Jose Padilla’s Lawyer

E. J. Dionne Jr's Friday column in the Washington Post: Abramoff and His Vanishing Friends Today's Toledo Blade: Bush asked to list sources of Noe, Abramoff gifts Today's Cincinnati Enquirer: My Congressman Denies Abramoff WASHINGTON - Rep. Steve Chabot said Friday that he'll give the $5,000 his campaign received from Indian tribes represented by former Washington lobbyist … [Read more...] about Jack Who?

The New York Times: A secret Pentagon study has found that as many as 80 percent of the marines who have been killed in Iraq from wounds to the upper body could have survived if they had had extra body armor. Such armor has been available since 2003, but until recently the Pentagon has largely declined to supply it to troops despite calls from the field for additional … [Read more...] about Help! The Body Armor’s Missing!